French army removes photo of soldier with Nazi slogan

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The French military has removed a picture from an army website in which one of its soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic was sporting an insignia with a Nazi slogan.

The picture showed a soldier with his gun in his hand wearing a shoulder insignia bearing the French flag, the number 32 and the motto of Adolf Hitler’s SS — “My honour is called loyalty” — said news channel BFMTV.

The army took the photo down on Friday.

“This is an unacceptable attitude that doesn’t reflect the reality of the armed forces,” said army spokesman Colonel Gilles Jaron.